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> It's only a matter of time before adds are embedded directly into the video stream. The DVR was such a consumer friendly device. I haven't had to watch a com
by add-sub-mul-div 3y ago
> It's only a matter of time before adds are embedded directly into the video stream.
The DVR was such a consumer friendly device. I haven't had to watch a commercial on cable in forever.
The endgame of streaming was always going to be loss of control of the video stream, unskippable ads.
Are all technological advances from now on destined to originate from or be acquired by the same tech giants and inevitably used against us after an introductory period of usefulness?
- staunton 3y agoMy hope is that paying for the service will absolve one from adds. But it's a very faint hope. In the long run, we will either have governments regulate adds or be ruled by adds.